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The electric chair could make a comeback in Virginia.Due to a shortage of the drugs used for lethal injection, the Virginia House of Delegates recently passed a bill (proposed by Del. Jackson Mil ...

The House and Senate passed a consolidated appropriations bill for the final six months of the fiscal year, circumventing the formal appropriations process. The extreme voices on both sides of the ais ...

In the Buckeye State, Republican Governor John Kasich looks ahead to re-election in 2014 as his name gets circulated as a potential presidential candidate in 2016. Democrats are lining up behind First ...

According to The Nation, 3 senators will introduce new legislation on Thursday, January 16, that would update the Voting Rights Act (VRA) with a new formula to determine when preclearance is needed. P ...

Massachusetts passed the first wage law in 1912, followed soon after by thirteen more states and the District of Columbia. However, the Supreme Court ruling in Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United ...

On Tuesday, a federal judge temporarily blocked new restrictions on ballot access for third parties in Ohio. The decision is a victory for third parties in the state as well as advocates for greater b ...

The Ohio Rights Group’s 2,500+ volunteers are currently campaigning to legalize marijuana for medical purposes, and hemp for industrial dedications in their republic. The pro-marijuana group has rece ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGmiw_rrNxkWednesday, a coalition of hundreds of organizations, whistle blowers, and civil rights leaders unveiled a video (above) opposing "suspicionless surveillance ...

According to a recent USA TODAY/Bipartisan Policy Center poll, Americans are increasingly supportive of electoral reforms aimed towards easing the hyper-partisanship that has plagued the 113th Congres ...

Live streaming video by UstreamThe Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) is hosting an interactive town hall today, Tuesday, October 15 at 1:00pm - 4:00pm EST,  to discuss issues related to el ...